Companies used to be able to function with autocratic bosses. We don't live in that world anymore.

Creativity is a lot like looking at the world through a kaleidoscope. You look at a set of elements, the same ones everyone else sees, but then reassemble those floating bits and pieces into an enticing new possibility.

The middle of every successful project looks like a disaster.

I've found that small wins, small projects, small differences often make huge differences.

Thinkers, makers and traders are the DNA of the world class company

Not everyone in an organization is in a position to accumulate power through competent performance because most people are just carrying out the ordinary and the expected - even if they do it very well. The extent to which a job is routinized fails to give an advantage to anyone doing it because 'success' is seen as inherent in the very establishment of the position and the organization surrounding it. Neither persons nor organizations get 'credit' for doing the mandatory or the expected.

It is crucial to recognize, reward, and celebrate accomplishments.